TVR, the Romanian national broadcaster, has unveiled that WRS and Antonio Pican have been awarded the Wild Cards for the forthcoming Romanian  national final- Selectia Nationala 2026.

Romania is back at the Eurovision Song Contest after a 2 year hiatus. The country will be selecting its Eurovision 2026 act and entry via a televised national final. Seletia Nationala is scheduled to be held at the TVR Studios in Buchares on 4th March 2026. A total of 12 acts will compete for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.

The 2026 Romanian entry and act will be determined via a 100% jury deliberation.

The Selectia Nationala 2026 line up is now complete:

  1. Alejandro Zandes & Emil Rengle – “Bailando Solo”
  2. Alexandra Căpitănescu – “Choke Me”
  3. Antonio Pican – “Humans”,
  4. Edward Maya x LavBbe x Costi – “Everybody Needs Somebody”
  5. Emy Alupei – “Tili Bom”
  6. HVNDS – “HVNDS – DOR”
  7. Monica Odagiu – “Feerastra Pentru Un Orb”
  8. Olivia Addams – “Croco”
  9. Robert Lukian – “Fire to the lies”
  10. Vanu – “Therapy Enemy”
  11. Wrs – “All The Way”
  12. Yguana – “Happy Birthday”

WRS represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with his mega hit ‘Llamame‘.

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.